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- Ants find their way even when going backwards
- New theory may explain mystery of Fairy Circles of Namibia
- Raw materials for meatballs, falafel from mealworms and crickets
| Ants find their way even when going backwards Posted: 19 Jan 2017 09:54 AM PST Ants can get their bearings whatever the orientation of their body, new research shows. Their brains may be smaller than the head of a pin, but ants are excellent navigators that use celestial and terrestrial cues to memorize their paths. To do so, they use several regions of the brain simultaneously, proving once again that the brain of insects is more complex than thought. |
| New theory may explain mystery of Fairy Circles of Namibia Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:38 AM PST One of nature's greatest mysteries -- the 'Fairy Circles' of Namibia -- may have been unraveled by researchers. The study suggests that the interaction between termite engineering and the self-organization of vegetation could be jointly responsible for the phenomenon. |
| Raw materials for meatballs, falafel from mealworms and crickets Posted: 19 Jan 2017 05:35 AM PST A research team has developed food ingredients from mealworms and crickets which, due to their promising structure and flavor, have the potential to be used in the manufacture of foods such as meatballs and falafel. EU legislation will change in the coming years, and the farming of insects and their processing for consumption will become a business activity also in Europe, they say. |
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